Recycled Materials

sustainability

Canadian Water Bottler Gets More Than Expected From New PET Recycling Line

Bottle-to-bottle PET recycling line recycles pre-washed post-consumer PET bottle flake.

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polyolefins

Keurig to Produce Recyclable K-cup Pods in Canada by End of 2018

Push to make pods recyclable to ramp up in Canada.

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Postindustrial

Unilever Introduces Process to Recycle Multilayer Sachets

Plastics from the post-consumer sachets will be channeled back into the supply chain.

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Postconsumer

PP Waxes with Unique & Customizable Technical Properties

GreenMantra鈥檚 new PP waxes are among the high-value products from waste plastics it makes.

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sustainability

1M Circular Materials Challenge Aims to Reduce Pollution

Global innovators, scientists and entrepreneurs are invited to submit new materials solutions to Ellen MacArthur Foundation and NineSigma.

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Postconsumer

The Journey of Beach Plastics into New Shampoo Bottles

In a web exclusive report and video, Plastics Technology went directly to a source of P&G’s newest sustainable package: a San Diego beach.

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Postconsumer

Beach Plastic: A Recycling Story

Plastics Technology went to the beach in San Diego; not for surfing but to see first hand how local collection of beach plastic is enabling P&G's newest sustainable package.

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Postindustrial

The European PVC Industry Sustainable Development Program

VinylPlus recycled nearly 1.2 billion pounds of PVC in 2016.

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Postconsumer

Kaiser Permanente, Goodwill Partner on Medical Plastics Recycling

When you find yourself at a hospital or the doctor’s office, most likely the last thing you’re thinking about is how much waste the healthcare field generates (for good reason, health clearly takes priority over work).

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The 100% PCR PP Lush Black Pot—Start of a New PCR Trend?

Chorus of brand owners at recycling conference: 鈥淲e want PCR.鈥

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Plastics Size Reduction